Russia says changes to IMF lending rules aimed against Moscow


  • World
  • Wednesday, 09 Dec 2015

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's finance minister accused the IMF on Tuesday of bias in changing its lending rules to allow it to potentially help Ukraine if Kiev misses payments on its $3 billion (£2 billion) debt to Moscow.

The rule change would allow the IMF to keep supporting countries if they fail to repay official debt.

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